Response of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) to feral honey bees (Apis mellifera) at water

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-84

  Boyce, Walter M ^a   O'Brien, Chantal S ^a,b   Rubin, Esther S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0037360412     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0081:ROBSOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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